Improvement in pressing and baling hay



" G. HQAYL'WORTH.

PRESSING AND B'ALING HAY. No. 112,766. Patented Mar. 21, 1871. y

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NrrED STATES GEORGE H. AYLWORTH, OF BRIGHTON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT lN PRESSING AND BALING HAV.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 12,766, dated March2l, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. AYLWOETH, of Brighton, in the county ofMacoupin and State otIllinois, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements for Pressing and Baliug Hay; and I do hereby decla-re thatthe following is a i'ull, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecitication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,likelettersindicatiu g like parts Whereever they occur'. A

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe it, and the manner of its operation.

Figure l represents a side View.

I lirst construct a light Vertical frame or press-box, A, leavingopenings or slots in two opposite sides, extending from one end nearlyto the other. Within the press-box Iplace a pressure-bar, B, with theends projecting through the side openings, to which are attached theropes or other connections to the pressing; power. At the base ot' thepress-box I place two eccentric grooved pulleys, C I), of an irregularoblong form, fastened together upon a revolving shat't. To the pulley O,I attach a rope leading to the pressure-bar B, and to the pulley D Iattach a rope leading to one or more similar pulleys, E. I then attachthe eonnectingropes c d so that when the pulleys commence to revolve theropes will wind over the long end of the eccentric.' By this means ahigh rate of' speed is obtained, and at the end of the revolution theropes wind over the short end of the eccent-rics, thus producing power.4

In operating my press, I first place the pressure-bar at the top of thepress put a small quantity of hay in the press. l then make a revolutionofthe pulleys, which draws the.

pressure-bar nearly to the bottom of the press, making a complete and.finished pressing of the hay which has been operated upon. lhefollowerand pulleys are then brought back to their tirst position, and thefilling and pressing repeated as often as may be required to press abale otA any desired size. By thi-s means I ani enabled to pressveryrapidly, making a small compact-bale.

The press is light, portable, simple, and convenient in its operation.

Having this fully described my invention, I claim- The arrangement. inthe press, herein described, of the vertical frame A, pressurebar B,cords c (l, and eccentric pulleys C, D, and E, when all these parts areconstructed and operated as shown and described, for the purpose setforth.

GEORGE H. AYLWORTH. Witnesses:

E. S. AYLWORTH, B. H. AYLWORTH.

